https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Size-of-memory-needed-for-HASH-table-Is-there-a-formula/m-p/235868#M43162 <P>Searching SAS Support is always a good place to start:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/34/193.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/34/193.html</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:32:45 GMT SASKiwi 2015-11-21T21:32:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Size-of-memory-needed-for-HASH-table-Is-there-a-formula/m-p/235852#M43161 <P>I'm just trying to experiment SAS HASH feature. &nbsp;Is there a golden rule or a formula to calculate the memory that will be needed to process a HASH table of a certain number of columns with a key with specific number of rows/entries ? &nbsp; The URL article I was reading through is listed below cautions that programmers may experience running out of memory situations while processing HASH tables beyond a certain size.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="http://analytics.ncsu.edu/sesug/2011/BB08.Lafler.pdf" target="_blank">http://analytics.ncsu.edu/sesug/2011/BB08.Lafler.pdf</A></P> Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:29:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Size-of-memory-needed-for-HASH-table-Is-there-a-formula/m-p/235852#M43161 kannand 2015-11-21T13:29:12Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Size-of-memory-needed-for-HASH-table-Is-there-a-formula/m-p/235868#M43162 <P>Searching SAS Support is always a good place to start:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/34/193.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/34/193.html</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 21 Nov 2015 21:32:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Size-of-memory-needed-for-HASH-table-Is-there-a-formula/m-p/235868#M43162 SASKiwi 2015-11-21T21:32:45Z